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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Blue Whale
| Issuer | Pobjoy Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the fourth definitive effigy as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 2013 positioned along the lower right. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The entire design is struck in titanium, imparting a distinctive blue iridescent tone to the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 2013 IRB |
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Pobjoy Mint, operating as a private issuer on behalf of British overseas territories and smaller sovereignties, produced this piece for the British Indian Ocean Territory — a jurisdiction with almost no permanent civilian population, which makes its coinage program entirely collector-driven. Titanium in numismatics is genuinely difficult to strike cleanly; the metal's hardness and resistance to flow mean detail reproduction is less reliable than with silver or gold, and color anodization results vary between production runs.